Emerging Evidence: Age-related Changes in Aerobic Capacity in Individuals with Intellectual Disabilities: A 20-yr Review
VO2peak (the plateau of oxygen consumption during an exercise test where oxygen consumption will plateau and CO2 uptake will be greater than O2) and maximum heart rate are important determining factors in establishing aerobic power. Individuals with Down syndrome tend to have a lower aerobic power when compared to their non-disabled peers. This study sought to determine the patterns of VO2peak and maximum heart rate with age in those with Down syndrome compared to those with intellectual disabilities and also to people without disabilities.
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Is or can bipolar disorder be considered
an intellectual disability? A lot of us who
are bipolar are now adults. Does age effect
any of this?. This is a cool blog, thanks for
sharing. :-)
Bipolar comes under the emotional disturbance category, however, a person with an intellectual disability could also have a bipolar disorder. Age can affect most disorders, I am not knowledgeable enough to say how it could affect people in general or a specific person. A psychologist would have to answer that.
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